Description: This man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Dilettante. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He got into the Dilettante business at a young age. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 60000 cp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy red hair. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Farmer profession.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Raer was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Raer decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.